Fwd: Kick Off Your Week: Talent Management

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From: Supt. Christina Kishimoto <reply@hawaiidoe.org>
Date: Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 1:01 PM
Subject: Kick Off Your Week: Talent Management
To: 20048903@notes.k12.hi.us

VIEW EMAIL ONLINE Martin Luther King Jr. Day Yesterday's holiday was a day of reflection on the civil rights movement in this country that left so many lives changed and brought heightened attention to human rights. The work continues today! Talent Management Education is a people-centered field where success depends on teachers and leaders who can provide high quality, relevant and engaging learning experiences for our keiki. A continued shortage of teachers will hurt our mission if not mitigated. Our goal is both to fill all teacher positions with well prepared, certified teachers and to create a highly desirable and competitive education pathway that attracts and retains educator talent in Hawai'i. This has been the topic of discussion over the past three months of the Teacher Education Coordinating Committee (TECC). TECC is a collaborative of all public and private higher education institutions and organizations who provide teacher preparation programs in our state, along with representatives of related agencies such as the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board and Hawai'i P-20. The TECC shares information and vets ideas around how best to support Hawai'i's teachers. The TECC has committed to work together this year on a five-year teacher recruitment and retention plan that diversifies our approach to address the teacher pipeline challenge with a vision of teaching being a competitive profession of first choice. To frame the major components of this cross-organization plan are several guiding questions: How do we build capacity locally to fill and expand teacher preparation program seats? How do we operationalize a diverse approach to teacher recruitment, e.g., troops-to-teacher programs and international teacher hires? How can we increase satisfaction of in-service teachers? What are some ways that we can provide meaningful incentives for teacher recruitment and retention? How can we effectively market the teaching profession in Hawai'i? As we continue to explore these areas, our conversations have included the topic of high school teacher preparation academies, distance/blended learning, teacher housing, teacher compensation packages, new teacher mentor and support designs, multiple pathways to licensure, early college opportunities for students interested in the teaching profession, externships for teachers, tuition assistance/loan forgiveness, support/coaching structure for special education teachers, and statewide marketing of the teaching profession. Take a look at this interactive map by the Learning Policy Institute that provides state-by-state comparative information on teacher supply factors: https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/understanding-teacher-shortages-interactive Opening of 2018 Legislative Session Opening Day for the 2018 Hawai'i Legislature is Wednesday, Jan. 17. Over the next few weeks you will hear about bills being considered that impact education directly or via other state agencies. Please note that since this is the second year of the biennial budget, the HIDOE's focus is primarily on supporting the continuation of our strategic work. FOLLOW US: Facebook | Twitter | Vimeo | Pinterest | LinkedIn | Google+      ONLINE: HawaiiPublicSchools.org This email was sent to all Hawai'i DOE staff. unsubscribe

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